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OVIPOSIT
Definition of OVIPOSIT
verb
To lay eggs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
OVIPOSIT carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
To lay eggs; specifically, in entomology, to deposit eggs with an ovipositor, as an insect.
transitive verb
To deposit or lay (an egg).
intransitive verb
To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
Where it comes from
From ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (“placed”), perfect passive participle of pōnere (“to place”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVIPOSIT · 1 relative in the game
OVIPOSIT in a sentence
“Have you seen the strikingly-colored Rhagoletis walnut flies that oviposit in the fruit?”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVIPOSIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVIPOSIT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IIOOPSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OVIPOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found OVIPOSIT?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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